St. Olavs Hospital is a trauma referral center in the region of Midtnorge. Admitting trauma patients locally and those referred from hospitals in Nord-Trøndelag, Sør-Trøndelag and Møre-Romsdal.An active trauma team was defined in 1992, but it`s work has not been evaluated earlier. Prospective studies of these patients were established 1st of January 2004 at St. Olavs Hospital.

Further study details as provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

Estimated Enrollment:

1000

Study Start Date:

December 2004

Estimated Study Completion Date:

January 2007

Primary Completion Date:

June 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Detailed Description:

This mapping is a observational retrospective study of trauma patients admitted to St.Olavs Hospital from 2000 until 2003. Patient journals (electronic and paper), autopsy reports and the emergency medical respons systems (AMK) database have been reviwed. We are reviewing the local traumaepidemiology, traumateam performance, mechanisms of injury and the potenially avoidable deaths in trauma.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Trauma team activation

Motor vehicle crash with ejection

Pedal cyclist, motorcyclist or pedestrian hit by vehicle >30 km/h

Fall > 5 meters

Fatality in same vehicle

Interhospital trauma transfer within 24 hrs

Injury to two or more body regions

Fracture to two or more long bones

Spinal cord injury

Amputation of a limb

Penetrating injury to head, neck, torso or proximal limb

Exclusion Criteria:

Burns

Strangulations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00184470